Free Crochet Pattern from Lion Brand Yarn, formatted for input to refreshable Braille displays or Braille software
Heavenly Bolero
Lion Brand® Watercolors - Fun Fur®
Pattern Number: 30034
The large crochet hook and open stitch makes this Bolero go quickly, so you can make it today and wear it tomorrow.

SKILL LEVEL: Easy (Level 2)
SIZE: Medium, 1X S/M (L/1X)
Finished blocked measurements before Fun Fur trim
Chest 40 (48)" at underarm (front does not close)
Length 15 (17)"Note: Pattern is written for smallest size with changes for larger sizes in parentheses. When only one number is given, it applies to all sizes. To follow pattern more easily, circle all numbers pertaining to your size before beginning.

GAUGE: 1 shell rep + 4 rows = 4" (10 cm) in Pattern with Watercolors before blocking.
(Blocking will relax pattern somewhat.)
6 sts = 4" (10 cm) in single crochet with double strand of Fun Fur. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. The needle or hook size called for in the pattern is based on what the designer used, but it is not unusual for gauge to vary from person to person. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make your swatch, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.
Making a Gauge SwatchExact gauges is not imporant to this project.

STITCH EXPLANATION:Base Ch/Sc

Note This technique eliminates too-tight base chains that choke up or too-loose ones that sag.

It creates a base chain and foundation row of sc at the same time - easy, sturdy and elastic, quite an elegant solution, especially useful for necklines and waistlines.

Begin with a slip knot, chain two, insert hook in second chain from hook, draw up a loop, yarn over, draw through one loop, yarn over and draw through two loops.

You have one single crochet with its own chain at the bottom.

Work next stitch under loops of that chain.

Insert hook under two loops at the bottom of previous stitch, draw up a loop, yarn over and draw through one loop, yarn over and draw through two loops.

Repeat for length of foundation.

Shell [dc, ch 1] four times in same ch-space

V-stitch [dc, ch 3, dc] in same sc

NOTES:Jacket is worked seamlessly, from the neck down in one piece.

Four sets of raglan-type increases form a big yoke while maintaining the front neck even.

The body fronts and back are joined and worked briefly, at the same time the fronts are decreased for the bolero shaping.

Sleeves are worked on later.

The jacket is blocked first (see blocking instructions), then finished with Fun Fur.

Pattern is completed over two rows, a right-side row of "shells inches and a wrong-side row of ch-space arches.

Every effort has been made to have the knitting and crochet instructions accurate and complete. We cannot be responsible for variance of individual knitters and crocheters, human errors, or typographical mistakes.
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